Display card-rack.



No. 873,184. PATENTED DECO, 1907.

F. L. STONE.. DISPLAY CARD RACK. APPLIGATIGN FILED sBPT.s.19of/.

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DISPLAY CARD-RACK.

Specincation of Letters Patent.'

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed September 3. 1907. Serial No. 391.010.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED L. STONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain novel and useful Improvements in Display Card-Racks, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and accurate description andspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichare hereby made apart thereof.

My invention relates to that class of cardracks in which the cards, orsimilar articles, are shown or displayed upon perpendicular panels,supported upon a portable standard.

The principal obj ects of my inventionare to provide a rack which will,with a minimum amount of space occupied, afford a maximum amount ofdisplay surface, thusv effecting an economy of space in certain classesof establishments where such economy is a prime object; to afford adevice which will, with permanent and efficient structure, combineattractiveness of appearance and ease of manipulation, and at the sametime -be perfectly portable and stable; and generally, to cheapen thecost and improve the construction and efficiency of this class ofdevices.

To accomplish these Objects, the invention consists in the novelconstruction of the component parts of the device, and of theirarrangement and combination', as hereinafter described and set forth inthe claims.

The device consists of a supporting standard, a sustaining frame raised`thereon, and swinging panels hinged between the upper and lower membersof the frame, the said panels being provided with means to hold anddisplay cards, or similar articles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a front-view of the deviceas a whole, the panels being swung apart to right and left. Fig. 2 is atop view of the same, showing the arrangement of the two wings of thesupporting frame. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one face of one of thepanels, showing means for holding and displaying cards. Fig. 4 is a planview of one of the panels, showing means for holding and displaying, andalso the flange for spacing.

The same figures of reference indicate the same parts in the differentviews shown.

A. is the supporting standard. The parts B. B., C. C., D. D. D. togetherconstitute the sustaining frame raised upon the standard. B. B. and C.C. are the upper and lowermembers, respectively, of this frame, and arearranged to form two wings at right angles with each other, the apex ofthe right angle being at the center of the standard, from which .risesthe rod D. This rod D., together with rods D.' and D. rising also fromthe standard constitute the perpendicular parts of the frame, and whenbrought into attachment and adjustment with parts B. B. and C. C. serveto hold the whole firmly in proper position. This arrangement at rightangles of the two Wings of the frame is made primarily to adjust anddistribute the weight of the device, and particularly of the panels, sothat the center of gravity will be well within the base, and the wholewill be rendered perfectly stable. All these parts should be madepreferably of cast iron, and it will be evident that the standard andlower members of the frame may be cast as onepiece. The upper members,at right angles Vwith each other, may be similarly cast as one piece.

The various parts mentioned may be very appropriately assembled and heldfirmly in proper combination by means of any desirable thread, or threadand nut, adjustment. The arrangement of the two wings of the frame atright angles with each other is most clearly shown in Fig. 2. E. E.etc..represent the various swinging panels, upon which are disposed themeans for holding and displaying the cards, or other articles. In thepreferable form of construction, these panels should be of sheet metal,and the means of holding and displaying should be in the form ofskeleton pockets of similar metall arranged and disposed upon thesurfaces of the several panels, as indicated in the several figures byF. In the form of construction shown, the side, end and bottom of eachskeleton pocket is formed of the metal piece G. which is bent at a rightangle inwardly to form the part a. and o., and at a right angleupwardly'to form the part c. the bottom, and which metal piece may besoldered to, or fixed in slots in, the surface of the panel. H. H. etc.indicate the means by which the various panels are hinged into thesustaining frame.

In order to properly space the several panels and prevent them fromcatching one upon the other when moved the top and bottom of each panelis constructed with a iianged part I. I. at right angles with thegeneral surface of the panel, which flange will, when the panels arebrought close together, come in contact with the next panel at suchdistance away as to leave them both free to play back and forth. Thisfeature will also provide, when all the leaves are closed together, ameans to keep dust, or other substances from fallingupon the cards fromabove.

Changes within the scope of the invention may manifestly be made withoutaltering its spirit.

Having described my invention, my claims are l. In the construction ofdisplay cardracks, a portable supporting standard, a sustaining frameraised thereon, said frame consisting of two wings set at right angleswith each other and apeXing at the center of the standard, a number ofswinging panels hinged between the upper and lower members of thesustaining frame with means for holding and displaying cards, or similararticles, conveniently disposed upon the surfaces of each panel, andeach panel bearing at top and bottom a spacing llange, substantially asdescribed.

2. In the construction of display cardraclrs, a sustaining frame raisedupon a supporting portable standard, and consisting ol: two wings set atright angles with each other and apexing at the center olA the standard,and carrying` hinged s\\"inging panels, which panels boar upon theirsurfaces means for holding and displaying` cards, or similar articles,with spacing llange at the top and bottoni of each panel, substantiallyas described.

ln testimony nfliereof I allixr my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREI) L. STONE.

Witnesses O. O. lVAKmMAN, lsAnEL M. S'rnoNu.

